Box-making bench



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FIGS) /4 29' C J 44 INVENTOR UNITED STATES WILLIAM G. PRICE, OF YAKIMA,WASHINGTON.

BOX-MAKING BENCH. 7

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24,

Application filed April 12, 1920. Serial No. 373,239.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM G. PRICE, a citizenof the United States, andresident of Yakima, in the county of Yakima and State of Washington,have invented a new and uscful Improvement in Box-Making Benches; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention, relates to a box making bench, adapted to support theends, sides, bottom and cleats of a box in the proper position withrelation to each other, preparatory to the nailing of these partstogether.

Theobject of my invention is to provide simple and eflicient means forso supporting the parts of a box that it can be easily rotated or turnedfrom the first to the second and third positions required for nailingthe parts together, and in addition to provide means for supporting thecleatsin position for nail ing, without covering that part of the endsof the box. where the hammer must be used to drive back the points ofbadly driven projecting nails, and furthermore to. provide means forquickly adjusting the supporting device in height and length to adapt itto the making of boxes of various heights and lengths. a I

To these ends my invention comprises the novel features hereinafter setforth and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of myimprovedbox making bench, Fig. 2 is a plan view; Fig. 3 is an endviewshowing a box in position for nailing on the bottom. and cleats, andFig. 4 is a view showing the partial box in position for nailing on thebottom and cleats.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the bench frame which isusually made of wood, properly braced to give the requisite stabilityand strength. Secured to the rear uprights 1 of the bench is the form 2which is preferably made of metal.

The bench has the steel or other metal plates 3 and 4 secured thereto,which form a flat even surface for the box-ends in its course ofconstruction.

The bench 1 has the horizontally projecting arms 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11and 12, and the brackets 13 and 14 secured to the arms 9, 10, 11 and 12,said brackets forming the rack for supporting the blanks from which thebox is to be made.

The form 2 is attached to the bench. by

through the slots 17 and 18, thereby providing for the verticaladjustment of the form with reference to the bench. The form 2 ispreferably composed of the angular plates 19 and 20 secured together bymeans of the bolts 22 and 15 to form a V-shaped structure. The, bolt 22passes through a slot 23 formed in the plate 19, and the slot 24 formedin the plate 20 through which the bolt 15 passes, permits plates 19 and20 to slide over each other to provide for the adjustment ofsaid platesaccording to thesize of box to be made.

The .plate 20 of the form 2 has secured thereto the vertically extendingbars 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 and the bracket 30. The bracket 30 has thespring-hinge 31 which supports the swinging plate 32. The swing ingplate 32 has the bent corner 33. The outwardly extending wing 20 .of theplate 20 has the bent corner 57 also.

The vertically extending bars 28 and 29 are secured to the plate 20 bymeans of bolts 34 and 35. In order to provide for the ad-' justment ofthe bars 28 and 29 at different heights, I provide extra holes 36, 37,38 and 39 in the bars 28 and 29. l

The spacing washer 40'is interposed between the plate 19 and the bench.

Secured to the plate 19 is the bar 41 and the bracket 42. The outwardlyprojecting means of the 'bolts 15 and 16, which pass wing 19 of theplate 19 has the bent corconnects the swinging plate 45 with the oscillating plate 48. The oscillating plate 48 has the bent corner 49, andprojecting up from said plate are the bars 50 and 51.

The operation of putting a box together where my improved bench isemployed is as follows:

One box-end 52 is placed between the win-g 19 of the plate 19 and theoscillating plate 48, the spring in the hinge 44 causing the saidoscillating plate to clamp the box-end 52 against the stationary wing19*. In like manner the other box-end is placed between the wing 20 andthe swinging plate 32, the spring 31 causing the clamp to rotate againstthe stationar wing 20. The bent or curved corners 33, 5 43 and 49facilitate the placing of the box-ends in the above described positionas they present flaring openings to aid in guiding the box-ends intoposition.

The space between the swinging plates 32 and 48 and the wings 19 and 20is less than the thickness of a box-end so that some movement of theswinging plates 32 and 4:8 is required for the insertion of thebox-ends.

The side .53 of the box is first placed on top of the box-ends afterthey have been inserted in the manner described and resting against thevertical projecting bars 28 and 29. 'With the side 53 in this positionsaid side is then nailed to the box-ends. The partially formed box isthen rotated or turned by hand toward the operator one quarter turn tothe position shown in Figs. 3 and 4c.

Thebox-bottom 54 is then placed on the ends bearing against theprojecting'bars 28 and 29, whereupon the box cleats 55 and 56 are placedon said box-bottom bearing against the bars 25, 26, 27, 41, 50 and 51,whereupon the cleats and bottom are together nailed to the box-ends. Thepartially formed box is again rotated or turned one quarter toward theoperator and the other side is nailed on when the box is finished and iswithdrawn from the form.

In the box making benches heretofore generaly employed it has beencustomary to have two inner clamping plates corresponding to plate 32 onthe inside of the outer stationary plates corresponding'to 19 and 20*.With this construction of form the box:

when partially completed rested rigidly between the rigid wings and ifthe box-ends box with warped ends to be rotated in the form and removedwith perfect ease.

The projecting bars 25, 26, 27, 41, 50 and 51 hold the cleats in theirproper positions for nailing and leave a large portion of the ends ofthe box exposed, so that a nail which is driven at an angle fromvertical and projects outside or through the box-end can be driven backup and removed with the claw the speed of manufacture, and when boxeshave warped material, it produces a more accurately shaped box.

The adjustable features of the combined" form and bench enable it to beused to make many sizes of fruit-boxes.

What I claimis: 1. In a box making bench, the combination with asuitable frame of two oppositely disposed rigid box-end supports, ayielding clamping member arranged on the in side of one of said box-endsupports, a yielding clamping member on the outside of the other rigidbox-end support, said last-named clamping member comprising a swingingplate, and an oscillating plate hinged thereto.

2. In a box making bench, the combination with a suitable frame of twooppositely disposed box-end supports, the upper outer corners of saidsupports being bent, and

yielding clamping members, one of said yielding clamping membersarranged on the inside of one of said box-end supports and the otherarranged on the outside of said other box-end support, said clamping members having bent corners forming with the bent corners of said supportsflaring openings to receivethe end of the box.

In testimony whereof, I, the said WILLIAM Gr. PRICE, have hereunto setmy hand.

WILLIAM G. PRICE. Witnesses: V j

CARRIE GROSENBAUGH, MYRTIE M. SLASOR.

